Geist Patrol

Officers from the Fishers Police Department were called to the 11200 Block of Delight Creek Road at 12:30 am this morning on a report of a prowler.  The caller heard a noise outside her home and looked out the window.  She saw a man walking away from her home and called police.

Officers located a man walking in the area carrying a Bushnell spotting scope.  He was detained and transported to the Fishers Police Department.  John D. Dufek admitted to officers that he was looking into the windows of homes in the area.  Officers also found a plastic milk crate in the yard of a home on Delight Creek Road.  Dufek told police that he used the crate to stand on while looking into windows.

John David Dufek was arrested and transported to the Hamilton County Jail.  He is charged with Voyeurism.

Arrested:      John David Dufek
45 years old
Fishers, Indiana

Charge:         Voyeurism      Class B Misdemeanor

The Fishers Police Department is investigating two daytime burglaries reported in the last two days.  The first burglary occurred on May 21st in the Thorny Ridge sub-division of Hamilton Proper.  The second occurred today in the Chestnut Hill sub-division of Hamilton Proper.

Officers were called to 10500 block of Chestnut Hill Circle at approximately 10:30 am today when a homeowner reported hearing someone in the house.  The man reported being in bed when he heard a male voice in the house.  The homeowner’s dogs immediately began barking and the suspect(s) exited the house.  The man reported seeing a white work van driving down the street by his home after the incident.  The suspect(s) entered the house through an open garage entry door and an unlocked pass door to the house.  Nothing was taken from the home.

On Wednesday, May 21st officers were called to the 10600 block of Thorny Ridge Trace.  The homeowner reported that she left the house at approximately 11:00 am.  When she returned at 3:45 pm, she discovered that someone entered her home through an open bathroom window.  The homeowner reported several items of jewelry missing from the home.  There are no suspects at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Fishers Police Department at (317) 773-1282 or (317) 595-3300.  The investigation is ongoing.

Here is a download of the criminal activity from the Indianapolis Metro Police Department’s northeast side crime beat for the week of 3-14-2008 through 3-20-2008.

Weekly Activity Report

The Fishers Police Department is investigating a robbery that occurred at the CVS, 10580 E. 96th Street in Fishers.  The robbery occurred on Sunday, March 9th at approximately 7:20 am.  A male suspect entered the store, confronted two employees and took and undermined amount of cash.

A store employee told investigators that the suspect entered the store wearing all black clothing.  The suspect confronted both employees in the front of the store.  The suspect forced the two employees into a store office.  The suspect took an undermined amount of cash.  The suspect forced both employees to lie on the ground and left the store. Neither employee was hurt during the robbery.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Fishers Police Department, 595-3300 or 773-1282.  The investigation is ongoing.

Suspect: White male
5′7″ - 5′9″ Tall
Slender build
All black clothing
Black gloves
Black shoes
Black ski mask

IMPD is now sending us weekly crime briefings for the northeast side of Indianapolis. Week of 2-21-2008 Crime Stats (pdf)

Please remove all portable GPS systems, Laptops, and small electronics from your parked vehicles. Vehicles that are most vulnerable are those parked on business parking lots and at apartment complexes. Thieves will scan vehicles for items that are left out in the open. Remember to report all suspicious activity.

On 01-28-08 the Hamilton County Metro ICAC Task Force arrested Christopher Thomas Taylor who was charged with Child Solicitation and Dissemination of Matter Harmful to Minors.  These charges stem from an undercover online computer chat room investigation.  Taylor first made contact with an HCM ICAC Investigator who was posing as a 14 year old girl on 01-28-08 in an online chat room.  After instant messaging for a period of time the investigation culminated when Taylor’s chat led to a solicitation and a request for contact.  A meeting was arranged at an undisclosed location in Hamilton County.  Once Talyor arrived at the location he was taken into custody without incident.  Taylor was placed under arrest and transported to the Hamilton County Jail.

Arrested: Christopher Thomas Taylor
37 years old
Corpus Christi, TX

Charges: Child Solicitation, IC. 35-42-4-6 (1 Count, Class C Felony)
Dissemination of Matter Harmful to Minors, IC. 35-49-3-3 (2 Counts, Class D Felony)

Held: Hamilton County Jail

If you are interested in seeing the crime statistics from the Fishers Police, Click Here to download the latest report.

Most of us take summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam has surfaced. The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant.

Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity just got stolen. The scam has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, and Colorado. This (scam) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they’re with the court system.

The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out, click here.

The Fishers Police Department arrested two men Sunday, November 4, 2007 after officers were called to 12211 Black Hills Drive in reference to a burglary. An alert neighbor reported seeing two men enter a residence under construction at approximately 7:45 am. The caller provided a description of the two men and the vehicle they were driving.

Officers arrived at the residence under construction and observed two men in the garage of the residence cutting copper tubing. The two men were taken into custody without incident. Officers discovered that the men had been in four residences and had been cutting walls to remove the copper tubing.

The two men were arrested and transported to the Hamilton County Jail. The two men are brothers.

Arrested: Michael D. Bertram         Aaron L. Bertram
30 years old                                         28 years old
Shirley, Indiana                                 Shirley, Indiana
Charges: 4 Counts - Burglary         4 Counts – Burglary
4 Counts – Thefts                             4 Counts – Theft
4 Counts – Criminal Mischief         4 Counts – Criminal Mishief
Held: Hamilton County Jail             Hamilton County Jail